Public Administration at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you plan to study public administration, take a look at what The University of Texas at El Paso has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Administration section at the bottom of this page.

UTEP Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at UTEP

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UTEP offers distance education options for public admin at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UTEP Public Administration Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Public Admin Student Demographics at UTEP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public admin majors at The University of Texas at El Paso.

UTEP Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a master’s in public admin from UTEP in 2021, 72% were men and 28% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. UTEP does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 31% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 61% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a master's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Social Work

Careers That Public Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in public admin can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at El Paso.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	11,390	$105,320
Social and Community Service Managers	5,370	$72,560
Chief Executives	5,260	$239,680

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.